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Subject: More Indo-US Exercises!!!
Jawan    10/26/2006 10:18:22 PM
US Marines to be in action in sea landings off Goa Coast NEW DELHI, OCT 26 (PTI) Indian and the US forces have kicked off a big joint land and sea exercises off the Goa coast, after a lull of almost a year and half, attempting for the first time to land joint expeditonary forces from the sea. "US marines and specialised Indian army troops would be attempting to land sea-borne expeditionary forces during the exercises code named Malabar-9 off the Konkan coast," according to a Naval spokesman here. The exercises have already commenced from October 24 and would for the first time see US Marines in action on the Indian soil as they go through complex battle manouvres in the Army's prestigious commando school in Belgaum. After introducing the Indian Navy to their huge nuclear powered carriers, US Navy has brought its newest Nuclear powered submarine USS Providence for the exercises. The other elements of the US forces will be its huge copter-cum-landing ship USS Boxer, Destroyers Benfold and Howard, the US CoastGuard cutter Midget, Canandian frigate Ottawa and sea spyplane P-3C Orions. The Indian navy is fielding the pride of its indigenous warships INS Mysore, guided missile frigates Beas and Ganga, Tanker Shakti, Large landing ship INS Gharial sub-surface killer submarine INS Shankul, Coast Guard ship Samar and reconnaisance aircraft and Sea Harrier fighters. Though personnel of Indian Army, Navy and IAF have over the years been training for such landings, this would be for the first time that they would be attempting such manoeuvres with a foreign army. "For this operation involving sea-borne landings, some of our army troops have already been trained on board the Landing ship INS Gharial and now these forces would be exercising with US Marines," the Naval spokesman said. He said the exercises would also see the two navies engaging in advanced anti-submarine operations, maritime interdictions, weapons firings, search and seizure operations, cross deck flying and dissimlar air combat. The sea borne exercises would be followed by joint commando exercises on the land codenamed Operation Shatrujit in which US marines and personnel from 1 Punjab would carry out joint anti-terrorist exercises. India and the United States forces have been holding regular joint exercises involving land, sea and air elements, but there had been a pause for almost a year and half.
 
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olive greens       10/27/2006 8:25:21 AM

I was just discussing possibility of such marine exercices with Carl S in the most abstract terms - almost half kidding (see my reply in Infantry board, Yudh Abhyas thread), and this comes true within a week!!!

A couple of points though:

#1 Yudh Abhyas took place only a few months back, so what is the year-long lull they are talking about?

#2 I believe India has conducted joint amphibious exercises before (ex. with Singapore a couple of years back), but this being termed "expeditionary" might make it the "first".

#3 There is no longer a 1 Punjab - there is only 1 Para (1 Punjab) But the mentioning of 1 Punjab is significant because 1 Punjab was one of the first modern Indian Army units to accept maritime service on regular basis (back when it was a Carnatic Infantry unit of the Madras Army; remember most of the Bengal Army units refused maritime service ~ which is why Punjab Regiment insignia is a galleon and motto "By Land or Sea") This gives it a long but hidden history of naval service.

 
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Herc the Merc    Olive and Jawan   10/27/2006 12:44:10 PM
Personally I think India is training with all major foreign countries to someday engage in a global all out world war--what do u think??? You think is crowded and resource poor?? Would you like to takeover--say Brazil?? Australia has some good resources--but Africa seems to be India s first point of expansion for new colonies. Take this slightly seriously becoz these have been goals of previous powers in history--in 25years India will have the highest crosstraining of any military--
Government changes and whammo--
 
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Nanheyangrouchuan       10/27/2006 3:00:18 PM
Herc, you should be careful about which gas stations you visit from now on.  The Indian Conspiracy will be on the lookout for cocky IT consultants with Indian complexions and American swagger driving sports cars.
 
 
 
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Nanheyangrouchuan       10/27/2006 3:01:11 PM
The Indian Navy might want to start practicing CBG vs CBG engagements as the PLAN is getting the Varyag into shape.
 
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Jawan       10/27/2006 10:16:08 PM
They are talking about Indo-US exercises on Indian soil, I guess. That is the why the timeframe. But this is good, regular exercises between all branches of US and Indian Armed Forces.

I have a feeling that these exercises are aimed more towards Chinese designs on Asia. US-Japan-SK combine over in the North and North East Asia, US-Phillipines combine in South East Asia, and US-India combine in the Indian Ocean. Total encirclement of China on the oceans. US plan, I guess, is of containing China to exactly where it is located in Asia and no further!!!.

 
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Jawan       10/27/2006 10:21:40 PM
Herc, ur nuts man!!

Indians aint going on any world conquering, Africa conquering, etc except Indians like you. Rest of the world should be worried about the likes of you!!! That is the only "invasion" Indians are doing.

Rest your mind in that regards!! LOL
 
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Herc the Merc    The Sun never sets on the Bristish empire   10/28/2006 4:26:33 PM

Herc, ur nuts man!!

Indians aint going on any world conquering, Africa conquering, etc except Indians like you. Rest of the world should be worried about the likes of you!!! That is the only "invasion" Indians are doing.

Rest your mind in that regards!! LOL

The most succesful empire was the British empire, the USA tried to replicate--as witnessed by our many wars we failed, America simply failed to be a good colonizer or empire--India is the next major offshoot of this British legacy- you and me may not be around but reat assured from 2050 onwards just like we see USA on TV in Iraq, it will be Indians doing the same--the Indians will be far more successful empire builders than the previous--u know the British and Indians have one thing in common--Black tea with milk and sugar--Americans prefer iced tea. To rule the world one must belong to a group of people that exactly at 4pm takes a 10 minute break to drink black tea with milk and sugar to reflect as they conquer the world. Calming relaxing--energize ur strategy. If America did that we would win every war. But hey....strange logix work.
 
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olive greens    Its the 21 Punjab   11/1/2006 10:25:43 AM

Its official: 21 Punjab took part in the exercises.

 
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Jawan       11/1/2006 9:22:30 PM


Its official: 21 Punjab took part in the exercises.


Yep they did and i bed the wupped the yankee ass in "CUP OF TEA"

Marines take to kabaddi during Indo-US army exercise

KAPIL KELKAR, BELGAUM (KARNATAKA), OCT 31 (PTI)

After a joint anti- terrorism exercise with the Indian Army at the Commando Training Centre here, US soldiers will take back not just experience of rigorous commando training but also a quintessentially Indian sport -- kabaddi.

Shatrujeet 2006, the counter-terrorism exercise in which a company of the Punjab Regiment's 21st Battalion and 2/4 Marine company of US Army are participating, started at Belgaum in northern Karnataka on October 25 and will end on November three.

The aim of the exercise, the commanding officer of 21 Punjab, Colonel Vijay Nair, said, is "to enhance joint operability of the two armies".

But in the process, while training for operations like cordon-and-search or storming a terrorist hideout, the US Marines picked up kabaddi and even rudimentary cricket.

Kabaddi fascinated them, one of the American platoon commanders, Lt. Lee, told reporters here. "My troops are playing kabaddi in barracks too. They are impressed with the game and the agility of the Indian troops."

The only hitch -- as an Indian officer put it tongue-in -cheek -- is that the Americans pronounce kabbadi as "cup of tea".

The current exercise, in which around 160 troops of each country are involved, is a follow-up to Shatrujeet 05 held at Camp Pendleton in the US last year.


 
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